That left thousands of Russian troops abruptly cut off from supplies across a stretch of front that has seen some of the most intense battles of the war. The Russian withdrawal announcement came hours after Ukrainian troops captured the city of Kupiansk further north, the sole railway hub supplying Russia's entire frontline across northeastern Ukraine. The next job is to document the crimes committed by Russian invaders on the territories which they temporarily occupied."ĥ:37 p.m.: Ukrainian officials stopped short of confirming they had recaptured Izyum, Reuters reported, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff Andriy Yermak posted a photo of troops on its outskirts. "The first function is to provide help that they need. The regional chief of police, Volodymyr Tymoshenko, said Ukrainian police had moved in the previous day, and had checked the identities of local residents who had lived under Russian occupation since the invasion's second day. Three bodies lay in white body bags in a yard. "Hello everyone, we are from Russia," was spray painted on a wall. Igor pro 8 no data was found in file full#Boxes still full of ammunition were scattered with strewn rubbish in positions the Russians had abandoned in evident haste. On the messaging app Telegram, he acidly called it “the brilliant (clearly within the framework of the plan and even ahead of schedule) operation to transfer the cities of Izyum, Balakliya and Kupiansk to respected Ukrainian partners.”Ħ:50 p.m.: In Hrakove, one of dozens of villages recaptured in the Ukrainian advance, Reuters reporters saw burned-out vehicles bearing the "Z" symbol of Russia's invasion. Igor Girkin, a Russian who was an early leader of a Moscow-backed separatist uprising in Donetsk in 2014, sneered at the portrayal of the pullback being strategic. Konashenkov said the Russian move was being made “in order to achieve the stated goals of the special military operation to liberate Donbas,” an eastern area home to two separatist regions that Russia has declared sovereign. "And so I reiterate: the more weapons we receive, the faster we will win, and the faster this war will end."ħ:25 p.m.: Russian troops are regrouping from the Balakliya and Izyum areas to the eastern Donetsk region, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said, the Associated Press reported. We are doing that with weapons given to us," he said. We have demonstrated we are capable of defeating the Russian army. "Now, thank God, we are no longer hearing this argument. Kuleba, speaking at a news conference with visiting German counterpart Annalena Baerbock, said some allies had initially been hesitant to send weapons, citing the risk of antagonizing Russian President Vladimir Putin. The institute said it appeared that “disorganized Russian forces (were) caught in the rapid Ukrainian advance.” They cited social media images of apparent Russian prisoners seized in the advance around Izyum and surrounding towns.Ĩ:34 p.m.: The success of a counter-offensive against Russia shows Ukraine can beat Moscow's forces, but Kyiv needs more weapons from its partners, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Saturday, according to Reuters. It said “in some areas, units of the Defense Forces have penetrated the enemy’s defenses to a depth of 50 kilometers,” matching the British assessment, but did not disclose geographical details.ĩ:18 p.m.: The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, referencing the sweeping Ukrainian gains, estimating that Kyiv has seized around 2,500 square kilometers in its eastern breakthrough, the Associated Press reported. The Ukrainian military was more circumspect about the reported gains, claiming Saturday to have taken “more than 1,000 square kilometers” from pro-Kremlin forces this week. “One line of defense will shake and it will fall.” “It will be like an avalanche,” he said, predicting a Russian fallback. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told the television channel Ukraina that the Russians had no food or fuel for their troops in the area as Kyiv had cut off their supply lines. Analysts suggest Russia may have taken soldiers from the east to reinforce around Kherson, offering the Ukrainians the opportunity to strike a weakened front line. All times EDT.ġ0:09 p.m.: The fighting in eastern Ukraine comes amid an ongoing offensive around Kherson in the south, the Associated Press reported. The latest developments in Russia’s war on Ukraine. For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine.
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